Other animals › Polyclinidae
Pacific Sea Pork
Aplidium californicum
3,517 observations in the source records
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
What the records say
- 3,517 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source
Easily confused with
Atlantic Sea PorkAplidium stellatum
Chain TunicateBotrylloides violaceus
Elephant Ear TunicatePolyclinum planum
Sand TunicateEudistoma psammion
Fused Orange Social AscidianMetandrocarpa dura
Eudistoma ritteri
Pyrosoma atlanticum
Synoicum parfustis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 675 |
|---|---|
| California | 599 |
| Canada | 87 |
| British Columbia | 87 |
| Washington | 48 |
| Oregon | 28 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Sea Squirts · Ascidiacea |
| Order | Aplousobranchia |
| Family | Polyclinidae |
| Genus | Sea Pork · Aplidium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Pacific Sea Pork with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.